Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

african boxthorn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: african box-thorn
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shrub, Lycium ferocissimum, in the nightshade family (Solanaceae), indigenous to South Africa; an invasive weed in Australia and New Zealand.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

African boxthorns (plural)

Questions

What does african boxthorn mean?: A shrub, Lycium ferocissimum, in the nightshade family (Solanaceae), indigenous to South Africa; an invasive weed in Australia and New Zealand.

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